Nashville Bits and Pieces

[PaulChinetti]

Off topic, but it just came up here, is there a way to make the email notifications we get from the site not truncated?

Before the update you could see the entire reply in the email, now it doesn't show the entire reply, and if an image is first in the reply it just shows ...

 

[titanhog]

4 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:

So, if that’s the case then it would probably have to be a huge developer with deep pockets. And the building itself would need to be something that would be a good return on investment. So a tall boy office building leased to a major corporate player? 

Pretty sure they won’t allow anything other than the Victorian-era style on that lot (hopefully).

[Luvemtall]

So, a Victorian style tall boy, with a crown like the Chrysler building? ... we can dream , can’t we?

[donNdonelson2]

4 hours ago, titanhog said:

3. This garage is almost as much of an eyesore as the AT&T building…just smaller.  Would love to see this and AT&T up their game somehow.

Number three is not a garage. It is a part of the AT&T property. I think it was the main switching operation for AT&T before the adjoining “big red” was built. I think it unlikely that either will be redeveloped, but perhaps we can dream of a facelift for the two ugly stepsisters of Second Avenue.

[smeagolsfree]

1 hour ago, Luvemtall said:

So, if that’s the case then it would probably have to be a huge developer with deep pockets. And the building itself would need to be something that would be a good return on investment. So a tall boy office building leased to a major corporate player? 

Still not going to be a tall boy due to the historic zoning in that area. Going to be limited to no more than 10 to 15. I would have to go look up the zoning.

[markhollin]

Tech jobs are pouring into Nashville.  How many will go to local workers?

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2021/05/10/nashville-tech-jobs-oracle-nashville-software-school/7400540002/

[PaulChinetti]

Do drawings/renderings get posted to the e-permit site, even for residential homes? Or is it just the big projects?

[Nash_12South]

I've only seen it for homes with historic/conservation overlays and such. I'll also admit I've rarely looked otherwise.

Trivia - I heard from someone who monitors monthly parkers (not tourists) in several downtown garages. He saw occupancy going from low 30s% in March to low 40s% by the end of April.

[Bark At The Sun]

Is good to see people out there getting this place ready for concerts again.

[nashvylle]

@Bark At The Sun you will have a nice view of Ray Hensler's resi development in Rolling Mill Hill whenever that gets started. 

[Rockatansky]

On 5/5/2021 at 11:10 AM, MLBrumby said:

So which department in Metro is responsible for these estimates? 

These estimates are developed by the Census Bureau, not Metro.

On 5/5/2021 at 11:57 AM, MLBrumby said:

aren't the estimates conducted by the local governments and then subject to approval by the USCB

No. They are conducted solely by the Census Bureau.

[MagicPotato]

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2021/05/11/colonial-pipeline-attack-tennessee-gas-prices-nashville-shortage-outage-impacts/5035399001/

Anyone heard about the colonial gas pipeline shut down? Is it going to affect us?

[smeagolsfree]

Here is a TN article with a map and it does affect us.

Colonial Pipeline cyberattack: How it impacts you, see map of pipeline (tennessean.com)

[donNdonelson2]

Apparently panic buying already has the Shell/Twice Daily near me out of fuel.

[MidTenn1]

44 minutes ago, donNdonelson2 said:

Apparently panic buying already has the Shell/Twice Daily near me out of fuel.

Thanks for the heads up. As a boomer, I remember the gas crises in the 70's. My wife and I just went out and topped off our tanks after reading your post. It was extremely busy, but no lines of cars yet. And I filled my gas can for the mower. Go forbid I run out of lawn mower gas.

[TNinVB]

I’m currently traveling from Virginia Beach to Nashville. When I stopped in Charlottesville for lunch, there were lines at all the gas stations. I stopped around Abingdon at a small town and was able to get gas without any problems except for paying $2.99 a gallon. So far in East Tennessee it doesn’t seem bad. I have many friends and family back in VB posting on social media that they can’t find gas anywhere. Heading back to VB this weekend could get tricky.  At least the prices in Tennessee are cheaper….

Edited May 11, 2021 by TNinVB

[MagicPotato]

Is this Tennessee's only fuel pipeline? 

[smeagolsfree]

When the news media says do not panic and reports this crap on the news people do the exact opposite. That’s when the government should have the power to shut the press down because they do more harm than good. The media and I am talking about the TV media all in all are a bunch of idiots.

[MidTenn1]

5 minutes ago, MagicPotato said:

Is this Tennessee's only fuel pipeline? 

I know there is one line going through Dickson County cause it blew up one day a couple of decades ago. I felt it 20 miles away. And Mapco has it's refinery in Memphis, so it's supply should not be interrupted.

Edited May 11, 2021 by PHofKS

[smeagolsfree]

So we can use a half a tank of gas to drive to Memphis and fill up.

[satalac]

Gas was still easy to get until about 2 or 3 today and I guess word got out more widespread. I'm not wild about the media talking about this stuff either. I was on another forum talking about the tanker truck driver shortage and how CNN was going to create a panic with their reporting on it. A lot of people said I was being irrational. I brought up that the shortage in 08 here was due to a RUMOR, not an actual shortage. The entire reason that we're seeing stations run out of gas right now isn't the attacks, which I'm pissed about as well, but because of the constant reporting on it driving up the panic. Middle TN does have a deficiency when it comes to securing fuel. We're very dependent on one pipeline, and when it has an issue, we feel it more than other areas of the country, panic buying withholding. 

[MLBrumby]

Saw on the news tonight that Tennessee is the least affected with only .2% of its supply curtailed by the pipeline hack. 

Edited May 12, 2021 by MLBrumby

[satalac]

7 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Saw on the news tonight that Tennessee is the least affected with only .2% of its supply curtailed by the pipeline hack. 

I'd be willing to bet those numbers are old and once updated will be a pretty big jump. 

[BnaBreaker]

It's really too bad that no other forms of transportation have been invented yet that would provide people a way to still go about their daily business even without their car.   Somebody should really get on that!

[MLBrumby]

Nothing new here, just more about the "great migration" during COVID and continuing.  From the WSJ:

Big cities including New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Boston saw hundreds of thousands more residents move out than in, in changes they labeled permanent, causing the net loss of households from migration to widen by 71% in 2020 from the previous year. New York City saw more net moves out last year than it did during the two prior years combined.

The suburbs of large metropolitan areas captured much of the outflow. Net new suburban households from migration rose 43% in 2020 from the prior year, helping swell the counties surrounding Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, Tenn., and Charlotte, N.C., among others.

The Pandemic Changed Where Americans Live - WSJ